Individual Group And Society Essay Research Paper

Individual, Group And Society Essay, Research Paper

A world consists of societies, a society consists of groups, and a group consists of individuals. People who share common purposes or goals would form a group. Common purposes or goals create solidarity – the sense of we-ness in a group. As the forms of solidarity, attraction, loyalty, identification and association exists in a group. What does attraction, loyalty, identification and association mean in the relationships among individuals in a group. In what occasion, these things can be seen in real life. A group can be also formed by people who share common characteristics or conditions. How Samuel P. Oliner, one of Holocaust survivor, think the difference of groups in such extreme condition. To accomplish a task sometimes needs help, but wants to accomplish without any assistance. Eventually failed to accomplish the task. In what situation can this dilemma, which is caused by persistence and attachment to a task, be seen. As well as an individual has conflict in his/herself, groups, which formed by individuals, have conflict in themselves. It is sometimes called social conflict.

What are attraction, loyalty, identification and association as forms of solidarity. In the textbook attraction is defined as positive affective attachment to another person (71). This definition can be applied to the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend, husband and wife, and either father or mother and child. For example, the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend might be heavily depended on attraction to each other because until they met together, they are completely unknown different two individuals who have nothing in common. Then once positive relationship is built, it seems everything is common between them. They even might think they are born to be together. And if the relationship based on attraction works out, these two people, used to be completely two different people, would get married and become a pair of two people. This would not be happened, unless the attraction exists between them. The attraction in the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend or husband and wife could be caused by his or her characteristics, social status or physical features, but there is technically no genetic connection between these two people. However the relationship between father or mother and child is genetically as well as the attraction to each other. Although mother or father and child is genetically connected, if there is no attraction to each other, it does not mean anything. For instance, in the abuse of genetic child by birth mother, the mother may not have any attraction to her child. On the other hand, good relationship between a stepmother and adopted child might be a good example of attraction.

“Japanese people work for the company rather than for his or her family.” This might be one of popular topics when American people make fun of Japanese. When Japanese people were called “Economic Animal” (they still might be called so.), the loyalty of Japanese people (in this case people who are working for a company) to a company was stronger than that of to a family. Loyalty refers to attraction to groups as groups (73). In that case, Japanese people might be attracted to the salary rather than a company.

Who am I. My answer used to be; I am student. I am an over weight person. I am a nap-lover. I am a boring person. I am a computer programmer. I am a guitar player. I am —. But since I came to the United States, a few things were added. These are; I am Japanese. I am an Asian. I am a yellow skin person. I am a black hair person. I am a black eye person. In the textbook identification refers that a part of one’s identity, part of one’s sense of self derives from one’s membership in a group or groups (75). When I wan in Japan, I did not have to mention that I am Japanese, a black hair person, a black eye person, and so forth, because generally most Japanese people have black hair and eyes technically, and of cause they are all Japanese. Americans may mention about their hair, eye and skin color because there are several colors out there, but no one would mention about his or her nationality. When certain condition is common among certain people, people would not mention it. It is seen in my nationality. When I an in Japan, I do not need to declare that I am Japanese. But when I am in Pittsburg, I may have to mention my nationality in “Who am I.” because my nationality is distinguished from others. Likewise, college students would not say that when he or she introduces his/herself in classroom. Identification is very dynamic, in certain occasion, certain identification is important, but in other occasion, it is not.

Associations are two or more groups whose memberships crosscut or overlap (80). It sounds like more purpose oriented than loyalty to groups. There are tons of groups out there to pursue same goal. The group that tries to make standard architecture of World Wide Web. The group that tries to prohibit to import any Japanese products to U.S. The group that tries to have people use condom. According to the textbook these groups are called voluntary association – a nonprimordial from solidarity that refers to reaching out beyond a primordial membership to establish common cause with others (80). But the form of family and tribe is also included in association. In other words association is tha